Reprint as at 1 December 2017
(SR 2003/181)
Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2003: revoked, on 1 December 2017, pursuant to regulation 4(1) of the Hazardous Substances (Health and Safety Reform Revocations) Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/233).
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.
Pursuant to section 76(1)(a) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council (given on the recommendation of the Minister for the Environment made in compliance with section 141(1) of that Act), makes the following regulations.
(1)
These regulations are the Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2003.
(2)
In these regulations, the Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 20011 are called “the principal regulations”.
“the principal regulations”
These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
Regulation 10 of the principal regulations is amended by repealing subclause (4), and substituting the following subclauses:
(4)
A firework must be packed in packaging that retains its integrity after being exposed to a cigarette lighter flame held 50 mm from the packaging for 25 seconds if the firework is—
subject to the Hazardous Substances (Fireworks) Regulations 2001; and
not protected from any ignition source; and
displayed for sale in areas accessible to the public.
(5)
This regulation does not apply to the fireworks listed in regulation 4(2) of the Hazardous Substances (Fireworks) Regulations 2001.
Marie Shroff,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend regulation 10 of the Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001—
by exempting fireworks displayed for sale in areas accessible to the public and to which the Hazardous Substances (Fire works) Regulations 2001 apply from the packaging requirements in regulation 10 if the fireworks are protected from any ignition source; and
by exempting the fireworks listed in regulation 4(2) of the Hazardous Substances (Fireworks) Regulations 2001 from the packaging requirements in regulation 10.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 31 July 2003.
This is an eprint of the Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2003 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
Hazardous Substances (Health and Safety Reform Revocations) Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/233): regulation 4(1)
1 SR 2001/118